cinder block
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cinder block
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The daughter of a traveling salesman, Flores grew up modestly in the cinder block hills of Catia, a hardscrabble district of western Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Its compelling antihero, sixty-something Rhys Kinnick, has spent seven years in self-imposed exile, occupying a cinder block cabin in a remote region of Washington state.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
There, the boys frolic and dream amid cinder block walls.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024
Some of the footage showed the Beach refugee camp, an area of squat, tightly packed cinder block houses, with washing hanging outside.
From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023
I could see the door propped invitingly with a cinder block, could feel a cold draft on my face.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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